Richard Corliss was born on 6 March 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mary Corliss. He died on 23 April 2015 in New York City, New York, USA.
In his original review for the film The Crying Game (1992), he subtly gave away the film's famous plot twist; as the first letter of every word that began each paragraph literally spelled it out.
